Researchers synthesized weird molecules that exist in three dimensions, breaking Bredt's rule and helping to develop future ...

Chemists at UCLA are showing that some of organic chemistry’s most famous “rules” aren’t as unbreakable as once thought. By ...

Organic chemistry is packed with rules about structure and reactivity, especially when it comes to making and breaking ...

Scientists use AI to generate designs of potential new molecules, a process that is 10 times faster and more precise.

During brain development, neurons extend long processes called axons. Axons link different areas of the brain and carry signals within it and to the rest of the body. Growing axons "wire up" the brain ...

Researchers determined the structure of rye pollen molecules previously shown to slow tumor growth in animals. By building the compounds from scratch, they resolved a decades-old mystery and paved the ...

Water behaves in remarkable ways when heated and pressurized beyond its critical point. Under these extreme conditions, known as supercritical water, it no longer acts like an ordinary liquid. Instead ...

Scientists have broken a century-old chemistry rule by creating “impossible” molecules. The breakthrough could reshape drug design, materials science and how chemistry is taught worldwide.

Chemistry students are taught that some molecular shapes are so strained they simply cannot exist. For about 100 years, one ...